VIRTUE: Virtual Interactive Reality Toolkit for Understanding the EIC

Explore the world of collider physics with VIRTUE, a standalone event display application designed for both desktop and virtual reality. Take a closer look at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) at Brookhaven National Lab, or create and upload new detector geometries and particle physics data to be animated.

Features:

ePIC Detector Model:
Investigate the ePIC detector model, including X-Ray and engineering versions, to understand its design.

Simulated Electron-Proton Collisions:
Witness simulated electron-proton collision events, showcasing the science planned for the future EIC.

Customizability:
Customize detector geometries and animate collision data using JSON files, adapting the application to new collision scenarios or experiments beyond the EIC.

Animation Features:
Freely navigate the virtual environment to investigate the detector and individual collisions, or set the camera and event animator on a loop for smooth, professional-level animations to record for presentations and demonstrations.

Education and Outreach:
VIRTUE serves as an educational resource, engaging young students through virtual reality and offering a unique exploration of collider experiments to physics enthusiasts. With its customizable features, VIRTUE offers an excellent opportunity for undergraduate-level projects, allowing students to adapt it to explore and understand new experiments in the field.

Developer: Sean Preins
Supervisor: Prof. Miguel Arratia

Simulations and detector design by the ePIC Collaboration

SketchUp detector model: EIC Project Menagerie

Music: Josh Puddington

This work was supported by the University of California, Office of the President